Surgical basin



J. C. POLLOCK SURGICAL BASIN Nov. 9, 1937.

Filed Aug. 19, 1936 l illlll INVENTOR: James L. Poliozk,

Patented Nov. 9, 1937 UNETED STATES aesaeu PATENT creme SURGICAL BASI1TJames C. Pollock, Lansdale, Pa. Application August 19, masts: No. 96,729

13 Claims.

This invention relates to basins useful to surgeons, doctors, dentists,etc., for the purposes of emesis, nasal or respiratory hemorrhages, pusdrainages and other discharges.

The paramount aim of my invention is to relieve patients as far aspossible'o-f discomfort during vomiting, draining of wounds and incidentto emissions of other natures, particularly bedridden invalids.

This desideratum I attain in practice, as hereinafter more fullydisclosed, through provision of a surgical basin having a lateralextension beyond an open pan or receptacle, which extension, at thelevel of the pan or receptacle top, aifords a surface whereon the heador other part of the patients body may be rested during contingencies ofthe kind mentioned above, and the basin maintained in position by thesuperimposed weight without the necessity for its being otherwise heldby the patient, or by the physician or other attendant.

Another object of my invention is to attain the foregoing advantages ina surgical basin having two adiacent reversely arranged pans so that itcan be used either side up, with one of the pans serviceable as areceptacle, and the outer face of the bottom of the other pan portionserviceable as a rest for that part of the body from which the emissiontakes place.

Other objects and attendant advantages will appear from the followingdetailed description of the drawing, wherein Fig. I is a perspectiveview of a surgical basin conveniently embodying my invention; and

wherein Fig. II is longitudinal sectional view of the basin taken asindicated by the arrows II-II in Fig. I.

As herein illustrated, my improved surgical basin has the form of anintegral structure with a pair of adjacent. reversely-arranged hollowpan portions l, i which are separated by a common dividing wall As aconsequence of this construction. the basin can be used either side upwith one pan serving as open receptacle, and the outer face of thebottom 3 of the other pan serving as a rest surface for the head orother part of the patients body. The common wall 2, it will be noted, isnot only sloped to direct the em ssions away from the patient. but ofcompound curvature as indicated by the line shading. as to fit the chinof the patient in either use of the basin. Also as shown, the panportions are formed with inwardly projecting perimetrical lips 4 aroundtheir top edges which constitute splash guards, the segments 5 of saidlips at the junctures between the wall 2 and the bottoms 3 of the panportions I being curved to conform generally with the curvature of saidwall. The outer walls 6 of the two pan portions i may be 5counter-curved as shown, and rounded oif as at 1 into mergence with thebottoms 3. The basin may be made as a casting of non-corroding metal ormolded from bakelite or other composition; or it may be fashioned asillustrated, from any suit- 10 able sheet material including metallicplate stock, provided that sharp corners or crevices in which dirt orsediment might accumuiate are avoided. When made from metal, the basinmay be finished with baked enamel in different colors if desired. 15

From the foregoing, it will be evident that I have provided a surgicalbasin, which, as a consequence of the provisions made for supporting thepart of the patients body from which the emission takes place,effectively alleviates discomfort 20 incident to vomiting, or dischargeof pus, etc., since the superimposed weight will obviously maintain thebasin in position to receive the emission or drainage without thenecessity for its being otherwise held by the patient, or by the 5physician or other attendant. The basin of my invention is thus highlyadvantageous over the usual types of surgical basins or emesis pansheretofore generally employed in hospitals and in operating rooms. 30

It is, of course, to be understood that my invention is not limited tothe precise details of construction and arrangement herein illustratedby way of example, but comprehensive of all modifications possiblewithin the scope of the ep- 35 pended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A surgical basin having a pan portion, a lateral portion extendingbeyond the pan portion and serviceable as a rest surface at the level 40of the pan top for supporting the head or other part of the body, and awall which recedes downwardly and inwardly from the inner edge of therest surface to the pan bottom.

2. A surgical basin according to claim 1, where- 45 in the wall iscurved to fit the chin of the patient.

3. A surgical basin according to claim 1, with an inwardly projectingsplash guard lip at the juncture of the rest surface with the wall. 50

4. A surgical basin according to claim 1, wherein the wall is curved tofit the chin of the patient and wherein there is an inwardly-projectingsplash guard lip at the juncture of the rest surface and the wall. 55

5. A reversible surgical basin having adjacent pan portions in inverserelation separated by a partition wall extending from the bottom of onepan portion to the bottom of the other.

6. A reversible surgical basin according to claim 5, wherein thepartition wall is sloped.

7. A reversible surgical basin according to claim 5, wherein thepartition wall is sloped with its opposite sides receding inwardlytoward the pan bottoms.

8. A reversible surgical basin according to claim 5, wherein the edgesmarking the junctures between the partition walls and the pan bottomsare oppositely curved concavely. l

9. A reversible surgical basin according to claim 5, wherein thepartition wall is sloped with its opposite sides receding inwardlytoward the pan bottoms, and wherein the edges marking the junctures ofthe partition wall and the pan bottoms are oppositely curved concavely.

guard lips respectively at said junctures.

12. A surgical basin according to claim 1, integrally fashioned fromsheet material.

13. A surgical basin according to claim 5, integrally fashioned fromsheet material.

JAMES C. POLLOCK.

